Sandy Sturges on Preston Sturges
Sullivan’s Travels
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This interview with the late Sandy Sturges–who married director Presston Sturges in 1951 and edited the book “Preston Sturges on Preston Sturges”–was conducted by the Criterion Collection in Los Angeles in 2001.
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